Tank and water-valve



(No Model.)

H. NEWELL. 2 S1.1 eetsS heet 1.

TANK 0R WATER VALVE.

Patented Mar. 19, 1889.

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w. H. NEWELL. TANK OR WATER VALVE.

No. 399,692. Patented Mar. 19, 1889.

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TAN K AM o WATERBVALVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,692, dated March 19, 1889.

Application filed ll'ay 22, 1888.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. NEWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tanks and ater-Valves, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to tanks and watervalves, and has especial reference to mechanism for operating and controlling said valves.

The object of my invention is the provision of mechanism for operating valves and controlling their operation; further, to provide mechanism for operating and controlling the valves used in tanks 5 further, to provide improved mechanism for operating valves used in flushing tanks by means of the closet, and, finally, the object is to provide mechanism which will be simple, strong, and durable in construction and inexpensive of production.

To attain the desired objects the invention consists in mechanism connected with the valve for operating and controlling the same; further, in mechanism connected with the valve and with means operated by the lid of the closet to operate and control the valve, and, finally, in the novel details of construction, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 represents a front elevation, partly sectional, of mechanism constructed in accordance with and embodying my invention, the valve being closed and the mechanism in he position it assumes when said valve is closed. Fig. 2 represents a front elevation, partly sectional, of part of the mechanism and the tank, the valve being open and the mechanism in the position it assumes when said valve is open. Fig. 3 represents a side elevation of the closet and the mechanism operated thereby, parts of the closet being broken away to more clearly illustrate details. Fig. l represents a detail view of part of the mechanism for operating and controlling the valve. Fig. 5 represents a detail view of means for preventing wear on the hinges of the closet-lid and ease the descen of the latter.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Serial No. 274,665- (No model.)

Referring to the drawings, A designates a tank, which is provided with a supply-pipe, B, a ball-valve, C, an overflow-pipe, I), and a valve, E, the seat of said valve being in communication with the flushing or discharge pipe F of said tank, these features being of any desired construction, and in connection with which I employ my improved mechanism.

G designates a cross piece or bar secured to the tank, carrying the extension or upright g, to which is fulcrumed a lever, H.- The inner end of this lever is provided with a slot, h, and an upright or arm, h, to which is fulcrumed a lever, J. This lever J has at its inner end a weight, j, and its outer end is guided and limited in its vertical movement by means of the slotted guide and stop K, attached to the cross-piece G. The throw of the lever J is regulated by means of the screw it on the lever H.

lower end to the valve, passing through a sleeve or guide, M, carried by the overflowpipe, and having its upper end, Z, bifurcated, and which passes through the slot in the lever H, and receives the lever J, forming a loose connection therewith.

To the outer end of the lever H is attached the upper end of a chain or cord, N, the lower end of which is attached to the lever O, pivoted to a lug or arm, 0, secured to a part of the closet, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. This lever O is provided with an extension or arm, 0', which passes through an opening, 19, in the closet and bears against the under side of the lid P of said closet.

To prevent wear on the hinges of the closetlid and ease the descent of the same, I provide springs which bear against the under side of the lid, as shown in Fig. 1, or the device shown in Fig. 5, which consists of the plate Q, adapted to be secured to the closet, and having the depending lug q, socket q, receiving tube or barrel g in which is placed a spring, Q3, and the lever q, fulcrumed to the depending lug q, and having one end bearing against the spring (1 and the other end carrying an arm, g which extends through an opening in the closet and bears against the under side of the lid thereof.

From'the foregoing description, taken in L designates a vertical rod attached at its A connection wit-h the drawings, the operation of my invention will be readily understood, but may be stated briefly as follows: The parts being in their normal position, as shown in Fig. 1, the lid of the closet is depressed, and in consequence depresses the lever attached to the closet, which, through the medium of the chain or cord, raises the lever and the rod to which the valve is connected, allowing the Water to pass out of the tank through the discharge or flushing pipe to the closet.

In order to regulate the throw of the weighted lever, and consequently the flow of water through the discharge-pipe, the regulating-screw is provided,which causes the-valve, which is loosely connected with the weighted lever, to be lifted to any distance above the seat, as will be readily understood. It is also evident that the weighted lever is guided and limited in its vertical movement by means of the slotted guide and stop.

The advantages of my invention will be readily appreciated by all skilled in the art to which it appertains, and need no further comment here.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A tank with an inlet and an overflow pipe, a lever pivoted to bearings secured to a cross-bar on the upper part of the tank, and having a chain secured to one end and provided at its other end with a slot and an upright, a second lever pivoted in said upright of first lever and having a weighted end, a slotted guide secured to said cross-bar, and a discharge-pipe with controlling-valve, having a rod with slotted or bifurcated upper end, said parts being combined substantially as described.

2. A tank with the lever H pivotally secured to the upper part thereof, and having the slot h and upright h, the weighted lever J, fulcrumed to the upright h, a discharge pipe for said tank, a valve controlling said discharge-pipe and having a rod with slotted upper end, and a slotted guide, in which the light end of said lever J operates, said parts being combined substantially as described.

3. A basin with a discharge-pipe, a pivoted lever with chain at one end and a slot and upright at the other end, a weighted lever pivoted to said upright, a valve with stem having bifurcated upper end, a guide in which the light end of said weighted lever operates, a pivot-ed lever connected to the lower end of the chain, and a seat-lid bearing on one end of the said lever, said parts being combined substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a device of the character named, the plate Q, having lug q and socket q, the lever g pivoted to the lug q, the receding tube g and spring and the arm (1 adapted to bear against the seat, said parts being combined subst-antiallyas described.

5. The combination, with the rod carrying the valve, having a bifurcated end, of the weighted lever passing through said bifurcated-end forming a loose connection between the said rod and lever, and a lever on which said Weighted lever is fulcrumed, substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. The combination,witl1 the lever carried by the closet, of the lever fulcrumed to the tank connected therewith, said lever having an arm, a weighted lever fulcrumed to said arm, the rod carrying the valve loosely connected with the weighted lever, the slotted guide for guiding and limiting the movement of the end of the Weighted lever, and the screw for regulating the throw of said weighted lever, all arranged and adapted to serve substantially as described.

WM. H. NEVVELL.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. N. MOORE. 

